Ironing-board attachment for wardrobe trunks



May 25 1926.

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Patented May 25, i926.

l, UNITE sfr-ar GEORGE HENRY WHEARY, OF RACINE, VIISCONSIN.

rnonING-Bonnn ATTACHMENT non Waannosn TRUNKS.

Application led January 26, 1923. Serial No. 615,085.

My invention relates to improvements in ironing board attachments for wardrobe trunks.

' The object of this invention is to provide I simple and inexpensive means for supporting an ironing board trom a trolley iframe of a Wardrobe trunk in either a position tor use' or in a position of non-use.

In the drawings Fig. l is a front elevation of the interior upper portion of the wardrobe section of a trunk showing my invention in position for use. i i

Fig. 2 is a plan vie-w of the same.

Fig. 8 is an elevation similar to Fig. l but showing the ironing board in position of non-use.

Fig. l is a detail showing one oit the clothes hangers as used for supporting the ironing board, the latter being illustrated in cross section. j

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the' wardrobe section of the trunk showing the ironing board in position oi' non-use and the trolley frame adjusted in appropriate position for supporting the ironing board' in position for use.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughoutV the several views.

The ironing board l is preferably formed of veneer having a plurality oi' plies to prevent it from warping or splitting. A supporting rod 2 extends along the rear margin of the board l and is secured thereto by metallic clips 3 and 4: which embrace the rod and also the marginal portion of the board to which the clips are connected by rivets 5. The rod is provided with oli'sets G on the outer sides of the respective clips and beyond these offsets the rod extends laterally in the 'form of supporting arms Z having` hook-shaped extremities 8 which are adapted to fit over (or under) the trolley1 rods 9.

'The rod 2 may be rotated in its bearings formed by the clips 3 and L whereby, when the ironing board l is in position Yfor use, as shown in Figs. l and 2, the hooks 8 may be engaged underneath the trolley rods 9, whereas when the board is supported in position for non-use the hooks 8 may engage over said trolley rods 9 as shown in Fig. 3.

'The trolley rods 9 are jointed at 1l as best shown in Figs. 2 and 5. The end portions l2 are adapted to be swung inwardly and may be linked together by a hook-shaped locking link 13 (Fig. 5), thereby forming a supporting vcross bar for the ironing boardV l and over which the ironing board may be fulcrumed as clearly show-n in Fig. 2. This arrangement allows clothing or tubular fabrics to be slipped over the end oi. the ironing board and drawn freely thereon along that portion which projects Vbeyond thesupport ing members 1 v If it is desired to additionally support the ironingboard at points `farther from the rod 2, one oi' the clothes hangersfll'may be employed and the sections or portions: l2- of the trolley rods may be swungl upwardly to the position in whichV they are illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 with the clothes hangers la supported near their outer ends. By employing a clothes hanger as the'oute'r support :tor the ironing board', it is obvious that the particular type of trolley rod or trolley iframe is not material, my invention being applicable to wardrobe trunks having trolley :trames or rods ot any kind.

The oiiset portions 6 oi' the supporting rod 2 not only facilitates adjusting the hooks 8 either upon or underneath the trolley rods 9, but these oi'set portions 6 also provide inexpensive means for preventing the rod 2 from shifting toward either side of the board. ln other words, they hold it een trally positioned on the rear margin of the boa-rd. It is not material whether or not the rear margin of the board is grooved to receive the rod, the clips being adequate to hold the rod in position. It will, of course, be understood that the rivets 5 pass entire.- ly through the board and engage the clips on both the upper and the lower side.

I claim:

l. An ironing board attachment for wardrobe trunks comprising the combination with an ironing board of a rod journaled to the rear margin of said board and having laterally projecting hook-shaped extremities adapted to engage trolley rods in the wardrobe section of a trunk.

2. An ironing board attachment `for wardr-obe trunks comprising a board having a rod journaled .to its rear margin and provided with offset arms projecting laterally and having hook-shaped extremities.

3. An ironing board provided with a rod extending along its rear margin, a set of clips rotatably engaging said rod and secured to the marginal portions of the board to hold the rod in position, and supporting members connected with said rod and adapted to engage either above or underneath the trolley rods of a wardrobe trunk section.

4. The combination with a wardrobe trunk section provided with projecting trolley rods of a supporting rod having hookshaped extremities adapted to engage said trolley rods on either the upper or lower side thereof, and an ironing board having its rear margin rotatably secured to the central portions of said rod whereby the latter may serve as a hanger member to support the board in either a vertical or a horizontal, plane.

5. The combination with a wardrobe trunk section provided with jointed trolley rods having folding end portions adapted to be connected in a position spanning the space between the outer ends of the ixed sections, a hanger adapted to be supported upon said trolley rods, and an ironing board to one end margin of which the hanger is rotatably connected, whereby the hanger may engage the trolley rods 'from above or from beneath, and auxiliary means for supporting the ironing board in a horizontal position when the hanger engages the trolley rods from beneath. l

6. The combination with a wardrobe trunk section provided with a pair of clothes hanger supporting trolley rods having hinged outer portions each adapted to fold inwardly in the direction of the other trolley rod, of an ironing board having a transverse supporting rod secured to its rear margin and adapted to engage the trolley rods from either the under or the upper sides, said transverse rod, when engaged underneath the rear end portions of the trolley rods, being adapted to co-operate with the inwardly folded portions of said trolley rods in supporting the ironing board in a substantially horizontal position; said ironing board when so supported being adapted to extend outwardly from its supports to present a tree end to be received Within the clothing to `be ironed.

7. The combination with a wardrobe trunk section provided with trolley rods of a supporting rod having hook-shaped extremities adapted to engage said trolley rods on either the upper or lower side thereof, and an ironing board having its rear margin rotatably secured to the central portions of said rod whereby the latter may serve as a hanger member to support the board in either a vertical or a horizontal plane.

GEORGE HENRY WHEARY. 

